Manufacturing Engineer
04481

Industry: Plastics, Glass and Automotive

Resides: Wisconsin

Salary: Open

Relocate: Yes

On the Market:

SUMMARY

Dependable, motivated, and adaptable engineer with over 9 years of broad practical engineering experience in automotive, industrial, and consumer products.  Experience with small and large engineering teams in designing and in world-class manufacturing.  Flexible technical skill sets from project engineer to manufacturing process engineer.  Creative and practical engineered solutions.  Enjoy solving mechanical issues by working tasks through people as a team.

·         Design experience in plastic injection molded parts, sheet metal, hydraulics, automotive seating components, automotive electronics, HVAC, water filtration systems, and water conditioning systems.
·         Manufacturing experience in lean and cell manufacturing, process improvement, and equipment development, equipment buy offs, direct equipment installations, daily support, and debug.
·         Developed a number of patents in consumer pet industry for aquarium water filtration.
·         3D modeling skills, R & D, conceptual development, and DFMEA process.
·         Supervisory experience, management skills, team building, and team oriented style.
·         Direct trade personnel and natural work groups.
·         Project management, new product development, budgeting, PPAP, PFMEA, process flows, error proofing, BOMs, pilot & production validations, and technical customer service support.  

KEYWORDS

Designing:

SolidWorks, AutoCAD, ProE, Unigraphics, 3D Modeling, DFMEA, PPAP, Best Practice, Plastics, Glass, Sheet Metal, Electronics, Hydraulics, Automotive Seating, Automotive Safety Restraints, Water Products, Equipment Development, Product Development.

Manufacturing:

PCB, Lean & Cell Manufacturing, Process Design, Error Proofing, Machine Vision, SPC, DOE, PFMEA, Robotic Assembly, Strain Analysis, Wave Soldering, Lead Forming, Tooling & Fixturing, Equipment Development, Preventive Maintenance, Leak Testing, Best Practices, Corrective Action Guides, Lessons Learned, Escalation Procedures, Work Instructions, Supervise, Direct Technicians & trade personnel.

Computer systems:

PC Upgrades, LAN Setup & Support, Print & File Server Setup & Support, Windows 95, 98, NT OS Administration.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mechanical Design Engineer for food process equipment and food displays that serves commercial and upper residential clients.  Products composed of complex multi-directional sheet metal bend designs.  Develop new product designs from conceptual drawings, created by industrial designers, that meet aesthetic value for marketed consumers.  Design assemblies and associated parts in 3-D modeling (SolidWorks Plus - sheet metal).  Perform engineering re-design to clean up product groups to better utilize part re-use and product improvements.  Trouble shoot existing design problems and launch re-design solutions into production.  R & D design for potential future products and manufacturing/costing feasibility study.  Worked with marketing ideas to establish style, function, and ideal costs.  Mentor engineers and designers.

Mechanical Engineer for the design group in automotive electronics.  (Declined a transfer to Juarez, Mexico.) (2/01-12/01)

Designed electronic enclosures and interfaces for integrated body control systems on a number of programs/platforms. Designed and validated final products per customer, internal specifications, peer/design reviews, and PPAP.  Transitioned launched products to Juarez & Delnosa Mexico operations.  Directed Unigraphics designers with design ideas and concepts.  Manage project goals and deadlines to numerous platforms.  Performed engineering changes.

Delphi Automotive Systems, Oak Creek, Wisconsin

Manufacturing Process Engineer for automotive electronics. (2/98-2/01)

Assist and improve manufacturing processes for PCB assembly, implement changes, and assist with new product launches.  Maintained and developed equipment systems, plant layouts, and maintenance programs.  Improved FTQ, uptime, and ppm in a high volume production. Support production activities, continuous improvement in cost, quality, and lean manufacturing.  Specify/design, purchased, buy off, and directed installation and debugging equipment.  Developed new manufacturing equipment for new product lines on both automated and cell manufacturing.  Use "Best Practice" procedures to develop robust manufacturing processes.  Assist with SPC concepts to improve FTQ.  Well suited for team management style.  Utilized effective problem solving, leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, in a union environment, to direct technicians and trade work.  Met project deadlines to deliver new manufacturing processes and equipment startups.  Achieved these goals through effective communication by written, verbal, and technical drawings.  Ability to use excellent communication skills at all levels of business (technical & non-technical personnel). Dealt with internal and external customers.  Provided technical assistance to customer inquiries with technical process specifications.

·         Designed Molex conveyor system that increased utilization and reduced the head count positions. (Cost savings $500,000/yr.-reduced 5 positions)
·         Lead champion to established AutoCAD 2000 and machine vision group to improve product quality and manufacturing engineering productivity.
·         Resolved technical issues to improve 14 ppm to 4 ppm in Power-train East Module.
·         Accomplished improved leak yields from 96% FTQ to 98% FTQ in production of 2.6 million units/yr ($520 million/yr) volume.
·         Established ergonomics improvements to a level of no lost time injury due to my processes.
·         Successful development, implementation, and debug of the first IDEA cells in Delphi Milwaukee plant.
·         Successful development, design, construction, and installation of the first “universal vision system” in Delphi Delco Electronic Systems Corporation.  With four more exact systems being built with the same design.
·         Designed Molex conveyor “trolley” which solved an engineering problem that others could not solve.

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